SBU detains businessman offering bribe to SBU officer

The officers of the SBU Internal Security Department under the procedural guidance of the Military Prosecutor's Office detained a businessman offering a bribe to the SBU officer in Chernivtsi.

SBU operatives established that the businessman promised to pay EUR 750 for assistance in smuggling tobacco products. The SBU officer immediately informed the commanding officer about the received “offer”.

The law enforcers detained the businessman in Chernivtsi, on his attempt to transfer the entire amount of “illegal profit”.

The criminal proceeding was initiated under Part 3 Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.